R.I.P. Tomas 'Quorthon' Forsberg :(

Sean_H · Post by **Sean_H** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 6:11 pm

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net ... emID=23444

Truly a great loss, and a sad day for metal.

NP: Bathory - 'One Rode To Asa Bay'

Iamshadowkiller · Post by **Iamshadowkiller** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:12 pm

39...that's such a young age when you think about it = /

sad times

/end

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:32 am

Fuck...this is awful.

There are several really shitty Bathory records out there, but from '84 to about 1992 this guy could literally do no wrong. My first contact with his music was with "Blood And Iron" which even as deep as I was into viking metal at the time was like stepping into a totally different world. His was an absolutely unique vision, way ahead of his time, to a degree that we probably aren't likely to see again.

I haven't felt this bad since Chuck passed on.

NP - "Hammerheart":

Now that the wind called my name
And my star had faded now hardly a glimpse up in the empty space
And the wise one-eyed great father in the sky stilled my flame

For the ones who stood me near
And you few who were me dear
I ask of thee to have no doubts and no fears

For when the great clouds fills the air
And the thunder roars from o, so far away up in the sky
Then for sure you will know that I have reached the joyous hall up high

With my bloodbrothers at side
All sons of father with one eye
We were all born in the land of the blood on ice

And now you all who might hear my song
Brought to you by the northern wind have no fear
Though the night may seem so everlasting and forever dark

There will come a golden dawn
At ends of nights for all ye on whom
Upon the northstar always shines

The vast gates to hall up high
Shall stand open wide and welcome you with all its within
And Oden shall hail us bearers of a pounding hammerheart

skol,

--K

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:31 am

RIV. WTG.

(Rest in Valhalla, With The Gods.

)

Sean_H · Post by **Sean_H** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:42 pm

I'm hoping, I'm really hoping, that this is just a hoax. Blabbermouth is just as much tabloid as it is legitimate metal news source. I don't exactly know what to think at this point, but I would definitely like to see some kind of confirmation. I did however, come across this:

Legendary video director and founding BATHORY member Jonas Åkerlund has spoken to Sweden's Expressen newspaper about the passing of BATHORY mastermind Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg from what is believed to be heart failure. Forsberg, who was known to have been battling heart problems for years, was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday (June 7). He was 39 years old.
"It's so sad. He had much more to offer," Åkerlund said. Jonas, who formed the band with Forsberg in the early '80s, went on to have a successful video-directing career, having worked with the likes of METALLICA, PRODIGY, MADONNA and U2. "[BATHORY came onto the scene] extremely early," Åkerlund said. "People like Marilyn Manson, Billy Corgan and the members of METALLICA have all come up to me and have told me that they listened to BATHORY." According to Åkerlund, it was Thomas Forsberg's creativity that made the band such an influence on so many younger metal acts. "[Quorthon] had a high cult status," Jonas said. "He wasn't interested in attention, he just wanted to play his music."

http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/

Sean_H · Post by **Sean_H** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 1:46 pm

*sigh*

It's official now. Check the Bathory homepage.

http://www.bathory.se/

NP: 'A Song To Hall Up High'